A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar.
A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.
To govern as biblical judge or shophet (over some jurisdiction).
To form an opinion; to infer.
To judicially rule or determine.
To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
To form an opinion on; to appraise.
To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
To criticize or label another person or thing.
An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.